The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-17
ONLY EIGHT OFFICERS

ONLY EIGHT OFFICERS
were stationed at these historic corners to
keep the crowd back from intruding.
The most noticeable feature of this
part of the pageant was the showing
made by two local assemblies of knights
of Labor, composed wholly of women.
Each of these was aflame with red. The
scarlet in their hats, bows of Grim
son at their threats and long steamers
of crimson from their shout
ders made the appearance of the working
women the object of especial comment.
In front of them marched Miss Mary Nc
Cormick, master workman of the organi-
| cation known as Lucy Parsons assembly,
knights of Labor. She was attended by
two others, and the trio carried huge
wreath, to the top of which was attached
snow white dove, emblem of peace.
1t will be remembered that the signal
for gathering at the Haymsrket square
was the printed German word "ruhe,'
meaning peace. This was the only white
dove in the whole line. The tribute was
sent by the ladies' defense committee of
Cincinnati.
Then came more men, women and
ShllulSh9 anu ~ tOoh INC Culuk
thousands just twenty-three minutes to
pass the corner. After the foot warriors
came carriages to the number of fifty.
They were overloaded with people of all
ages and sexes, and here change was
made. Instead of turning into Lake
street the line of vehicles kept on
due south on Desplaines street at
brisk trot, squarely over the spot
WHERE THE BOMB FELL,
and on over the grounds strewn by the
mangled bodies the night of the riot,
tramped the horses. But there was no
crowd to-day. Not a dozen persons were
at the corner of Randolph street when the
first carriage rolled by.
On went the line past Desplaines street,
on the steps of which stood Lieutenant
Bold and few policeman who gazed on
with stolid looks. In the alley stood a
patrol wagon with horses, all ready to CO.
showing that officers were on the alert.
The carriage reached the Wisconsin
Central depot, possibly twenty minutes
ahead of the marchers, in the procession,
which went east Oh Lake street, south on
Fifth avenue, and passed the building in
which was formerly the Office of August
Spies and A. R. Parsons, where they wrote
the bloodthirsty articles for their respect
i've papers.
BLACKS SPEECH.
At the cemetery Captain Black spoke as
follows:
What is truth? Through eighteen CEN
turtles and more the answer of that loyal,
that glorious one of Nazareth to that
question was in these words: 81 am the
truth" and no man knows truth until it
has become the inspiration of his life and
he is cold in death. These men have kept
loyal to the conviction that entered into
life. l am not here this afternoon to
give you any special words concerning the
cause for which these men lived, nor con-
corning the manner of their taking off,
but to speak like a friend-to tell you
that that cause which commanded their
service was sealed at last by their lives
with unstinted measure for the sake of
those they loved. You know how grandly
they passed out of this life into the perfect
and glorious life that is beyond the reach
of misiudgment. We are not here beside
the Baskets of felons consigned to igno
minious death. We are here beside the
bodies of those who were sublime in their
self sacrifice and for whom the gibbet
became glorious cross. They have been
painted and presented to the world as
men loving violence and riot and blood
shed for its own sake Nothing could be
further from the truth. They were men
who loved peace-whose hearts were full
of tenderness who were loved by those
who knew them, trusted by those who
came to understand the glory and
power of their lives; and the anarchy
of which they spoke and taught, what
was it but an attempt to answer the
question. After the revolution, what?
They believed that there was that of
wrong and hardship in tho existing order
which pointed to conflict, because they
believed that selishness would not sur
render peaoeably and of its own motion
to righteousness, and the whole of their
thoughts, of their philosophy as anarch.
lists, was the establishment of an order of
society that should be symbolized in the
words, "Order without force" Is it prac-
ticable? know not. They thought it
was. 1 know it is not practicable now,
but 1 know also, as philosopher and
Christian under the inspiration Of love,
that day will come when righteousness
shall reign in the earth, and when sin and
selfshness shall end.
Captain Black ended his address by
reading poem reciting the virtues of the
deceased and applauding anarchy. The
verses were written by some one unknown
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